What to Watch on TV Wednesday: Arrow, Suburgatory, Nashville & More

News & Notes

Tonight, NBC has a Christmas in Rockefeller Center special and a Saturday Night Live: SNL Christmas special.

Over on cable, BBC America has the second season premiere of The Hour, Bravo has the first season finale of Life After Top Chef, Comedy Central has the second season finale of Key & Peele, E! has the series premiere of Love You, Mean It With Whitney Cummings, Lifetime has the first season finale of My Life is a Lifetime Movie, and TV Land has the fourth season premiere of Hot in Cleveland and the second fall season premiere of Happily Divorced.

Prime Picks

Arrow (The CW): New. Oliver goes up against a mysterious woman with some dangerous secrets. Tommy needs Laurel’s support after a bunch of unfortunate events.

Modern Family (ABC): New. Mitch and Cam attempt to save a tree at a local park. Gloria and Claire go shopping together. Runs 31 minutes.Suburgatory (ABC): New. Dallas gives George a makeover. Lisa decides to spend every minute with Lisa while Malik is away for a couple of days. Starts a minute after the half hour and runs 29 minutes.

Nashville (ABC): New. Rayna and Juliette are being pressured to do a duet at a local event. Teddy has to tell Rayna the truth about his dealings.

Solid Selections

A Charlie Brown Christmas (ABC): Repeat. Charlie Brown and Linus are searching for the meaning of Christmas in this holiday animated classic. The Prep & Landing: Operation Secret Santa holiday short follows.

The Hour (BBC America): Season Premiere. Fear of nuclear war is growing. Bel wants to do a story on the increase in crime. Runs 75 minutes. Plays twice.

CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (CBS): New. The team finds a dead man in a car while helping with some arrests on the strip. Capt. Brass finds out some info about his daughter.

Other Options

Criminal Minds (CBS): New. A big motivational speaker is a suspect after an attendee at one of his events is murdered.

Key & Peele (Comedy Central): Season Finale. Sketches include an anatomy tutorial for an alien and the last two men on Earth. Runs 30 minutes. Plays again later. Last week’s episode replays earlier tonight.

Late Night

Wednesday TV Marathons

BBC Amarica has the all six first season episodes of The Hour early today.Cinemax has the first six episodes of Hunted.ION has five episodes of Flashpoint today.Oxygen has six episodes of Law & Order: Criminal Intent that play twice.TNT has six episodes of Castle today and three more tonight.TV One has 12 episodes of Living Single early.USA Network has 19 episodes of NCIS.